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[Federal Register: July 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 130)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-330-07-1610-DR-082A]

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Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Lake Havasu=20
Field Office Resource Management Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act=20
(NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), and the=20
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) management policies, the BLM announces=20
the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD)/Approved Resource=20
Management Plan (RMP) for the Lake Havasu Field Office located in=20
Arizona and California. The Arizona State Director will sign the ROD=20
making the decisions in the Lake Havasu RMP effective immediately.

ADDRESSES: Printed copies and electronic copies (on CD-ROM) of the ROD/
Approved RMP are available upon request from the Bureau of Land=20
Management, Lake Havasu Field Office, 2610 Sweetwater Avenue, Lake=20
Havasu City, Arizona 86406. The document is also available via the=20
internet http://frwebga=
te.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=3DleavingFR.html&log=3Dlin=
klog&to=3Dhttp://www.blm.gov/az. To receive a copy of the =
document, contact the BLM via e-mail at Lake--Havasu@blm.gov. or call =
(928) 505-

1200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina Trafton, Bureau of Land=20
Management, Lake Havasu Field Office, 2610 Sweetwater Avenue, Lake=20
Havasu City, Arizona 86406. Contact via e-mail at Lake_Havasu@blm.gov=20
or call (928) 505-1200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: One of the BLM's objectives during the=20
planning process was to understand the views of various publics by=20
providing opportunities for meaningful participation. Through=20
communication media such as meetings, newsletters and news releases,=20
the public was provided opportunities to identify issues that needed to=20
be addressed. The public also provided comments during the 90-day=20
public comment period on the Draft EIS; these comments were addressed=20
in the Final EIS. The BLM coordinated with the four agencies that=20
requested Cooperating Agency status (i.e. Arizona Department of=20
Transportation, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Bureau of Reclamation=20
and the Federal Highway Administration) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife=20
Service, Arizona State Land Department, California Department of Fish=20
and Game, adjacent BLM field offices, and other land managing agencies=20
within the boundaries of the planning areas. The BLM also initiated=20
consultation with tribes, who have oral traditions or cultural concerns=20
relating to the planning area, or who are documented as having occupied=20
or used portions of the planning area during prehistoric or historic=20
times.
    The Approved RMP includes strategies for protecting and preserving=20
the biological, cultural, recreational, geological, educational,=20
scientific, and scenic values that balance multiple uses of the BLM-
administered lands throughout the Lake Havasu Field Office (LHFO)=20
planning area. The planning area encompasses more than 1.3 million=20
acres of BLM administered lands.
    The Approved RMP designated five Areas of Critical Environmental=20
Concern (ACECs): Beale Slough Riparian and Cultural ACEC (2,395 acres);=20
Bullhead Bajada Natural and Cultural ACEC (7,090 acres); Crossman Peak=20
Scenic ACEC (48,855 acres); Swansea Historic District ACEC (5,973=20
acres); and Three Rivers Riparian ACEC (2,246 acres). The following=20
types of resource use limitations apply to these ACECs: (1) Grazing=20
prescriptions are designed to achieve the desired plant community=20
objectives; (2) Recreation facilities are limited to projects that=20
protect ACEC values; (3) Camping is limited to developed or signed=20
sites; and (4) Motorized travel is permitted only on designated open=20
and signed routes.
    The Preferred Alternative in the Draft Resource Management Plan/
Draft EIS (published September 20, 2005) was revised to include=20
comments received during the 90-day public comment period. The=20
resultant alternative became the Proposed Plan in the Proposed Resource=20
Management Plan/Final EIS (PRMP/FEIS), published September 22, 2006.=20
The BLM has determined that Proposed Plan will provide an optimal=20
balance between authorized resource use and the protection and long-
term sustainability of sensitive resources within the planning area.
    Neither the Arizona nor the California Governors' Offices=20
identified any inconsistencies between the PRMP/FEIS and state or local=20
plans, policies, and programs following the 60-day Governors'=20
Consistency Reviews (initiated August 23, 2006, in accordance with=20
planning regulations at 43 CFR 1610.3-2(e)).
    One protest was received during the FEIS 30-day protest period. The=20
Proposed Plan was clarified based on the one protest received. As a=20
result, only minor editorial modifications were made in preparing the=20
Approved RMP. These modifications provided further clarification of=20
some of the decisions. Additional text was added to clarify the=20
protection of wilderness characteristics as well as the impacts from=20
Off-Highway Vehicles. The changes between the PRMP and the Approved RMP=20
are clearly stated in sections entitled Modifications and=20
Clarifications in the ROD. The resultant revised Proposed Plan is now=20
called the ``Approved RMP'' and is attached to the ROD.
    The Approved RMP does not contain Implementation Decisions. Future=20
activity-level plans will address the implementation of the Approved=20
RMP. These implementation plans will be accompanied by any required=20
additional site-specific planning and NEPA analysis. Approval of an=20
activity plan is an appealable decision). The appeal process will be=20
set forth in the future individual implementation (activity or project=20
level) plans.

    Dated: May 1, 2007.
Michael A. Taylor,
Acting, Arizona State Director.
 [FR Doc. E7-13241 Filed 7-6-07; 8:45 am]

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